1. It shall be an unfair or discriminatory practice for any owner, lessee, sublessee,
proprietor, manager, or superintendent of any public accommodation or any agent or
employee thereof:
a. To refuse or deny to any person because of race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation,
national origin, religion, or disability the accommodations, advantages, facilities, services, or
privileges thereof, or otherwise to discriminate against any person because of race, creed,
color, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, or disability in the furnishing of such
accommodations, advantages, facilities, services, or privileges.
b. To directly or indirectly advertise or in any other manner indicate or publicize that the
patronage of persons of any particular race, creed, color, sex, sexual orientation, national
origin, religion, or disability is unwelcome, objectionable, not acceptable, or not solicited.
2. This section shall not apply to:
a. Any bona fide religious institution with respect to any qualifications the institution may\n\nTue Dec 09 22:22:07 2025 Iowa Code 2026, Chapter 216 (47, 2)
§216.7, OFFICE OF CIVIL RIGHTS 8\n\nimpose based on religion or sexual orientation when such qualifications are related to a bona
fide religious purpose.
b. The rental or leasing to transient individuals of less than six rooms within a single
housing accommodation by the occupant or owner of such housing accommodation if the
occupant or owner or members of that person’s family reside therein.
3. This section shall not require any state or local government unit or tax-supported
district to provide for sex reassignment surgery or any other cosmetic, reconstructive,
or plastic surgery procedure related to transsexualism, hermaphroditism, gender identity
disorder, or body dysmorphic disorder.
[C97, §5008; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, §13251; C46, 50, 54, 58, §735.1; C66, 71, §105A.6; C73,
§601A.6; C75, 77, 79, 81, §601A.7]
C93, §216.7
2007 Acts, ch 191, §5, 6; 2019 Acts, ch 85, §93, 94; 2025 Acts, ch 1, §14, 15
Referred to in §123.32, 216.2
Subsection 1, paragraphs a and b amended
Subsection 2, paragraph a amended
\n
Notes of Decisions
Kirt v. Fashion Bug 3253, Inc., 479 F. Supp. 2d 938 (N.D. Iowa 2007).
· cites it 53× “Similarly, the viability of the customer’s state-law claim turns on whether there was actually any “refusal” or “denial” of her right to “accommodations, advantages, facilities, services, and privileges” or proof that she was “otherwise discriminated against” in the furnishing…”
Fort Des Moines Church of Christ v. Jackson, 215 F. Supp. 3d 776 (S.D. Iowa 2016).
· cites it 40× “However, of these two alleged injuries, one — the delivery of the sermon — is based on a fear that is not objectively reasonable. All of the statutes, the ordinances, and the interpretations of the provisions appearing in the ICRC’s guidance documents include an exemption for…”
303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, 600 U.S. 570 (2023).
· cites it 3× “775, § 5/1– 102 (West 2021); Iowa Code § 216.7 (2022); Me. Rev. Stat. Ann.”
Sherman v. Kasotakis, 314 F. Supp. 2d 843 (N.D. Iowa 2004).
· cites it 10× “§ 1981 , 8 as well as the Iowa Civil Rights Act under Iowa Code § 216.7 (2003). 9 The case was tried to a jury for two days, beginning on February 18, 2004.”
Hively v. Ivy Tech Cmty. Coll. of Indiana, 853 F.3d 339 (7th Cir. 2017).
“5/l-103(Q) (defining “unlawful discrimination” as “discrimination against a person because of his or her race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, order of protection status, disability, military status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, or…”
303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, 600 U.S. 570 (2023).
· cites it 3× “775, §5/1–102 (West 2021); Iowa Code §216.7 (2022); Me. Rev. Stat. Ann.”
Varnum v. Brien, 763 N.W.2d 862 (Iowa 2009).
“6 (employment); id § 216.7 (public accommodations); id § 216.”
Kiray v. Hy-Vee, Inc., 716 N.W.2d 193 (Iowa Ct. App. 2006).
· cites it 4× “Under Iowa Code section 216.7: 1. It shall be an unfair or discriminatory practice for any owner, lessee, sub-lessee, proprietor, manager, or superintendent of any public accommodation or any agent or employee thereof: a.”
— Iowa Code § 216.7(1) — 3 cases
Fort Des Moines Church of Christ v. Jackson, 215 F. Supp. 3d 776 (S.D. Iowa 2016).
“However, of these two alleged injuries, one — the delivery of the sermon — is based on a fear that is not objectively reasonable. All of the statutes, the ordinances, and the interpretations of the provisions appearing in the ICRC’s guidance documents include an exemption for…”
— Iowa Code § 216.7(1)(a) — 2 cases
Fort Des Moines Church of Christ v. Jackson, 215 F. Supp. 3d 776 (S.D. Iowa 2016).
“However, of these two alleged injuries, one — the delivery of the sermon — is based on a fear that is not objectively reasonable. All of the statutes, the ordinances, and the interpretations of the provisions appearing in the ICRC’s guidance documents include an exemption for…”
— Iowa Code § 216.7(1)(b) — 1 case
Fort Des Moines Church of Christ v. Jackson, 215 F. Supp. 3d 776 (S.D. Iowa 2016).
“However, of these two alleged injuries, one — the delivery of the sermon — is based on a fear that is not objectively reasonable. All of the statutes, the ordinances, and the interpretations of the provisions appearing in the ICRC’s guidance documents include an exemption for…”
— Iowa Code § 216.7(2)(b) — 1 case
Fort Des Moines Church of Christ v. Jackson, 215 F. Supp. 3d 776 (S.D. Iowa 2016).
“However, of these two alleged injuries, one — the delivery of the sermon — is based on a fear that is not objectively reasonable. All of the statutes, the ordinances, and the interpretations of the provisions appearing in the ICRC’s guidance documents include an exemption for…”
— Iowa Code § 216.7(3) — 1 case
— Iowa Code § 216.7(l)(a) — 2 cases
Kiray v. Hy-Vee, Inc., 716 N.W.2d 193 (Iowa Ct. App. 2006).
“Under Iowa Code section 216.7: 1. It shall be an unfair or discriminatory practice for any owner, lessee, sub-lessee, proprietor, manager, or superintendent of any public accommodation or any agent or employee thereof: a.”
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